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Cheong Wa Dae (translation: The House of the Blue Roof Tiles or the Blue House, Office of the President of the Republic of Korea) is the executive office and official residence of the South Korean head of state, the President of the Republic of Korea. Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. More specifically it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language Romanization system in South Korea. McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language Romanization systems along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which The President of the Republic of Korea is according to the Constitution head of state chief executive of the government and commander-in-chief of the armed forces South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː Both the English and Korean names refer to the building's blue-green roof. The Korean name has the literal meaning "house of the blue roof tiles. " Cheong Wa Dae is in fact a complex of buildings, built largely in the traditional Korean style with some modern elements. The correct term in international use should be Chungwadae or Cheongwadae, not The Blue House as it is often used in the western media.
At present, Cheong Wa Dae consists of the main office building, the official Presidential residence, Yeongbin-gwan (영빈관, 迎賓館) or the guest house, the Chunchugwan (춘추관, 春秋館) press hall, and the secretariat buildings. The entire complex covers 76,685 pyeong (about 250,000 m²). A pyeong is a unit of measurement in Korea corresponding to 3 M^2 redirects here For other uses see M². CM2 redirects here
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History
The location of Cheong Wa Dae was the site of a royal villa in what was then Hanyang, the southern capital of the Goryeo dynasty (918–1392). Seoul ( soʊl is the Capital and largest City of South Korea. The Goryeo Dynasty ( 918 - 1392) (also spelled Koryŏ was a Sovereign state established in 918 by Taejo Wang Kon. It was built by King Sukjong (r. Sukjong of Goryeo (1054-1105 r 1095-1105 was the 15th ruler of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea. 1095–1105) in 1104. Goryeo's principal capital was at Kaesŏng, and it also maintained a western capital at Pyongyang and an eastern capital at Gyeongju. Kaesŏng ( Gaeseong) is a city in North Hwanghae Province southern North Korea (DPRK a former Directly Governed City, and the capital of Pyongyang (pʰjʌŋjaŋ is the Capital and largest City of North Korea, located on the Taedong River, at. Gyeongju is an administrative division of South Korea and one of the most popular tourist destinations in South Korea
After the Joseon dynasty (1392-1910) moved its capital to Hanyang, Gyeongbok Palace was built in 1395, the fourth year of the reign of King Taejo (r. Gyeongbok Palace (경복궁 Gyeongbokgung) is a palace located in northern Seoul, South Korea. Taejo of Joseon ( October 11, 1335 &ndash May 24, 1408; r 1392-1398 born Yi Seong-gye, whose changed name is Yi Dan, was 1392-1398) as the main palace, and the royal villa lot became the back garden of the palace. It was used as the site for civil service examinations and military training. See also Bureaucrat The term civil service has two distinct meanings Branch of governmental service in which individuals are hired on the basis A military is an Organization authorized by its Nation to use force usually including use of Weapons in defending its Country (or by attacking
Following Japan's annexation of Korea in 1910, the Governor-General of Korea used the Gyeongbokgung grounds for the government-general building. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Korea under Japanese rule refers to the period between 1910 and 1945 when Korea was forcibly annexed by the Japanese Empire. The post of Governors-General of Korea ( Korean: 조선총독부 Hanja: 朝鮮總督府 Japanese: 朝鮮総督府 served as the The Japanese Government-General Building (often referred to outside Korea as the Seoul Capitol) was the chief administrative building in Seoul during the Japanese In 1939, Japan built an official residence/office for the governor-general on the site of Cheong Wa Dae. [1]
With the establishment of the Republic of Korea in 1948, President Syngman Rhee called the building "Gyeongmudae" (경무대, 景武臺), which was the name of one of the few old buildings there. Syngman Rhee or Yi Seungman ( March 26, 1875 – July 19, 1965) was the first president of South Korea. He used it as his office and residence. President Yun Bo-seon changed the name to "Cheong Wa Dae" after he was inaugurated in 1960. Yun Bo-seon ( August 26, 1897 – July 18, 1990) was the President of South Korea from 1960 to 1962
In 1968 North Korean infiltrators nearly reached the building. In the ensuing melee, 28 North Koreans, 68 South Koreans and three Americans died. Park Chung-hee ( November 14, 1917 – October 26, 1979) was a former ROK Army general and the autocratic dictator of the Republic
Presidents Park Chung-hee, Choi Kyu-ha and Chun Doo-hwan used it both as their office and official residence. Park Chung-hee ( November 14, 1917 – October 26, 1979) was a former ROK Army general and the autocratic dictator of the Republic Choi Kyu-hah ( July 16, 1919 October 22, 2006) (also spelled Choi Kyu-ha) was the President of South Korea between Chun Doo-hwan (born 18 January, 1931) was former ROK Army general and the President of South Korea from 1980 to 1988 While President Roh Tae-woo was in office, a new office building, official residence, and press center, called Chunchugwan, were built. Roh Tae-woo (born December 4, 1932 in Daegu, South Korea) is a former ROK Army general and politician The main office building was opened in April 1991.
In 1993, after President Kim Young-sam's civilian administration was launched, the Japanese governor-general's residence in the Cheong Wa Dae compound was dismantled to remove a major symbol of the Japanese colonial occupation. Kim Young-sam (b 20 December 1927 in Geoje, South Gyeongsang) was the first civilian President of South Korea since a series of Dictatorships
Setting
Geomancers have long considered the area in which Cheong Wa Dae is located as a lucky location. This view was backed up by an inscription on a stone wall that reads: "The Most Blessed Place on Earth," found behind the official presidential residence during the construction of a new building in 1990.
To the north of Cheong Wa Dae is the mountain Bukhansan, flanked by two mountains, Naksan, symbolizing the Blue Dragon, on the left and Inwangsan, symbolizing the White Tiger, on the right. Bukhansan, or Bukhan Mountain, is a Mountain on the north side of Seoul, South Korea. A mountain is a Landform that extends above the surrounding Terrain in a limited area with a peak The dragon is a Legendary creature of which some interpretation or depiction appears in almost every culture worldwide The tiger ( Panthera tigris) is a member of the Felidae family the largest and the most powerful of the four " Big cats quot in the Genus To the south is Namsan, the protective mountain of the capital. Namsan (lit "South Mountain" is a 262-meter peak in the Jung-gu district of south central Seoul, South Korea. In front flow the Cheonggyecheon stream and Han River. Cheonggyecheon ( Hangul: 청계천 is a nearly 6km long modern public recreation space in downtown Seoul, South Korea.
 Near the entrance to the Blue House grounds |
 Monument on road in front of the Blue House, administrative building in background |
 Blue House in front of Bukhansan |
See also
- Korean architecture
- History of South Korea
- History of Korea
- List of Korea-related topics
- National Assembly Building
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